kalphs Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 What is your favorite book from childhood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 I was the stereotypical book worm. Reading is the most solid memory I have of childhood. My favorite books were Nancy Drew. Not great literature but told me girls could be brave and smart. No small feat in the early '70's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plain jane Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Where the Red Fern Grows. I bought the book from a Scholastic sale at my school, not having much of a clue what it would be about. Little did I know how much I would turn out to love it. I read that book so many times I almost had it memorized and I have so many great memories of curling up and reading it. I cried each and every time. I LOVE that book. Reading it is one of my favorite childhood memories. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alte Veste Academy Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imprimis Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Little Women and the Nancy Drew series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilly Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 The Fourteen Bears in Summer and Winter, I still have my copy, and it is one of my most treasured items. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 All of them! I re-read Helen Keller and Narnia the most, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdalley Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. I loved the entire series but that one in particular. Also Then There Were Five - part of the Melendy series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FO4UR Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Isn't it sad that I can't answer this question. I HS so I can enjoy all the books I missed as a child.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Q Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Many, but the one that stands out the most right now is Rosemary Sutcliff's The Lantern Bearers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabelle Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 I LOOOOOVED the Wizard of Oz books when I was a child. I had a good collection of them when I was young and loaned them to my sil when her girls were little. That was almost 20 years ago and frankly, I'm afraid to ask for them back. Coming out of my parents' house they were probably in a cat-pee stained box and I wouldn't blame my sil if she just threw them away. And it's surprising how hard it is to find the old...from the '70's...hardbacks. I also loved the old girls' series books: Nancy Drew, Judy Bolton, Cherry Ames and there was another I can picture in my head but can't think of the name of. I also loved Betsy-Tacy. Even more than Little Women I loved all of Louisa May Alcott's children's books. I really enjoyed A Wrinkle in Time but enjoyed the later books in the series even more. One book I never see make these kinds of lists is Mandy by Julie Edwards (Julie Andrews). It's a very, very sweet story. Though I really, really tried, I could never get into Anne of Green Gables even though I love the miniseries to death! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 The Fourteen Bears in Summer and Winter, I still have my copy, and it is one of my most treasured items. OMG! Me too! I still have mine, and my kids loved it as much as I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Q Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Though I really, really tried, I could never get into Anne of Green Gables even though I love the miniseries to death! I like the Anne of Green Gables books fine, but the LM Montgomery series I really really got into was the one about Emily (Emily of New Moon, Emily Climbs and Emily's Quest). Probably because Emily was a writer, like I wanted to be. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kalanamak Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Bristle Face http://www.amazon.com/Bristle-Face-Zachary-Ball/dp/0140364447 and The Egg and I. I think I read them both in 6th grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 I loved: The Nancy Drew series The Happy Hollisters series anything by Judy Blume anything by Ruth Chew the A Wrinkle In Time series and a book called "The Girl With The Silver Eyes" stuck with me all this time- the title and a vague premise of what the book was about. I saw it not long ago at a used book sale and picked it up for my daughter to read (she hasn't read it yet). It's by Willo Davis Roberts. Oh, and all the "Fairy Books," the ones that come in different colors (even though some of them seriously creeped me out)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BridgeTea Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 The Borrowers, probably because it wasn't a real stretch to imagine little people living under the floorboards of our old home and coming out to borrow any of the little trinkets that always seemed to be lying around. I'm pretty sure I went through a stage where I didn't ever want my room to be too tidy, in case Pod or Arrietty needed something I had. That was so hard to explain to my mom when I was seven! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebug42 Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler which remains my favorite book to this day. Also, my favorite fairy tale ever is East of the Sun and West of the Moon. I used to make my mother read it to me all of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Harry Cat's Pet Puppy by George Seldon. I loved this book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaganS Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 The Giver and Anne of Green Gables were probably my most favorite. When I was a bit younger, I loved The Boxcar Children too. I used to think that Gilbert was the perfect man, and come to think of it, my husband is a lot like him. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieJ Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 (edited) Little Women Trixie Beldon Donna Parker Bobbsey Twins The Borrowers Heidi Edited October 3, 2010 by KatieinMich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in AZ Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 A Wrinkle in Time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mejane Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 (edited) When I was really young, The Bobbsey Twins books (am I dating myself or what?). A bit older, Little Women and Heidi. As a young teen, Gone With the Wind. Edited October 3, 2010 by Mejane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Reading is the most solid memory I have of childhood. My favorite books were Nancy Drew. Not great literature but told me girls could be brave and smart. No small feat in the early '70's. I loved these too (but in the late 60s). They were what really got me to love reading. One book that I really loved as a young child was Hailstones and Halibut Bones, a book of poems about colors. It's the only book of poetry that I've ever really liked. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle in MO Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Amy's Long Night by Nancy Garber. My grandmother gave it to me when I was five and had to have a minor surgical procedure done. It was lost over time, then my dh bought one for me a few years ago! Sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 The first 3 that popped into my mind: The Secret Garden Ann of Green Gables series Pippi Longstocking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Q Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 I'm pretty sure I went through a stage where I didn't ever want my room to be too tidy, in case Pod or Arrietty needed something I had. That was so hard to explain to my mom when I was seven! That's so cool! See, I knew that no one was living in our brick walls and stone floors in Karachi! :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 (edited) The Swing in the Summerhouse Freckles The Secret Garden The Rats of Nimph (sp?) Mandy ETA: Trixie Belden Edited October 3, 2010 by Garga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristavws Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 While not a single book, I loved all the Little House on the Prairie books. I remember saving up my baby-sitting money, so that I could buy the next one in the series. Krista Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJoy Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 I have a hard time picking a definitive favorite, but I will say that the book I re-read the most times was Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Mine were A Little Princess by Burnett and the Little House series. I also loved National Velvet, but I was in 7th grade when I read that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Anne of Green Gables, Narnia, My Side of the Mountain and Black Beauty. In middle school, Jane Eyre, LOTR and the Hornblower series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie4b Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Rikki Tikki Tavi (read by a third grade teachers) Little Women (Christmas gift from my parents) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mert Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Island of the Blue Dolphins and The Cricket in Times Square Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwenhwyfar Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 two series that were my faves around 11/12 ~ anne of green gables & flowers in the attic. bit of a contrast there. :laugh: younger ~ i remember having this set of tales... there were a few books, thin, and each book was like.. fairy stories... elf stories... something??? i think one was even cat stories... wonder if anyone knows what i mean. i can almost see them - thin paperback books, each with several (??) stories specific to the fairies/elves/etc that *that* volume was.. it was definitely a set. maybe 4? 5? books? maybe 3? oh i wish i could remember better.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dm379 Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 When I was young Baby-Sitter Club books. I remember begging my parents to take me to go stalking Wal-Mart waiting for the new one to come out. A little older, Gone With the Wind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingersmom Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Bread and Jam for Frances and Barney Beagle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoradoMom Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 The Black Stallion series. I read them all - have them all still in fact! (In perfect condition!) :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwjx2khsmj Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 The Secret Garden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 (edited) When I was young:(Anything by Richard Scarry, really...) When I was in middle school: :iagree: Both of these were absolutely favorites of mine. My little guys now love Richard Scarry too and my oldest loves The Outsiders. I read portions of it to her class in Junior High when they had a program where adults volunteered to come and read to a class. I also loved all the James Herriot books - All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Bright and Beautiful, etc. I wanted to be a vet from the time I was 12. I also loved Watership Down. I also read all the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew mysteries. Edited October 3, 2010 by dottieanna29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRAAB Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 When I was quite young it was The Happy Hollisters. My dad read to me every night out of them, and that when I learned to read. Then I read from them everyday. After that I graduated to Nancy Drew. Other favorites I remember are Island of the Blue Dolphins, Anne of Green Gables, The Wizard of Oz and probably several dozen more but those are the ones that come to mind first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Just So Stories and The Jungle Books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlmiraGulch Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Bridge to Terabithia affected me profoundly and I read it over and over again. I also loved anything by Judy Blume and also the Flowers in the Attic series, although I'm a bit embarrassed to admit it. AND I can't believe I was allowed to read them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilly Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 OMG! Me too! I still have mine, and my kids loved it as much as I did. My kids love it too! We have spent so much time looking at the pictures debating which bear's house is our favorite. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrissySC Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 I had three ... My Side of the Mountain, Island of the Blue Dolphins, and Charlotte's Web. I remember frequently reading the Lord of the Rings. This was after the anime version of The Hobbit was on television all those long years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieB Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 I loved all the Trixie Belden books, but my favorite was The Secret of the Mansion. I should probably change my avatar... :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwenhwyfar Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 and also the Flowers in the Attic series aha! i knew there had to be others. :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 I am happy to see so many other Nancy Drew fans! Does anyone else still have their copies and occasionally go back to them like I do?? I also loved Heidi as a child; growing up in Hawaii, I always yearned for snow and sweaters and seasons. In middle school my otherwise completely unremarkable English teacher read aloud Johnny Tremain. That was the best thing that ever happened in my entire pre-college school life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowperch Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 anne of green gables little house tuck everlasting little princess secret garden mandy pollyanna and three historical fiction books by Patricia Clapp, including I'm Deborah Sampson and Constance. I can't remember the title of the third one. chronicles of narnia harriet the spy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 I had a very intense relationship with the Bobbsey Twins series. It was a little crazy, lol. Nan, Bert, Freddie, and Flossie...how I loved those books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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